Access to School Supplies Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10277 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10277 To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a pilot program to assist local educational agencies with the acquisition of school supplies, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 3, 2026 Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania (for herself, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Adams, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Bell, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Ms. Brown, and Ms. Clarke of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a pilot program to assist local educational agencies with the acquisition of school supplies, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Access to School Supplies Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS. (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to demonstrate the feasibility of providing grants to local educational agencies to enable such agencies-- (1) to provide school supplies at no cost to students and instructional staff; (2) to increase the number of students who have access to the school supplies needed to maintain a stable learning environment; and (3) to improve student academic achievement in schools, particularly for low-income students. (b) Definitions.--In this Act: (1) Instructional staff.--The term ``instructional staff'' includes, at a minimum, teachers, paraprofessionals, librarians, and other staff deemed necessary to provide classroom instruction (includi